{"id":14122,"date":"2024-09-07T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/?p=14122"},"modified":"2024-09-08T09:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T09:57:18","slug":"fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/da\/2024\/09\/fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI afsl\u00f8rer svindel med AI-musikstreaming for $10 millioner, drevet af en 'musiker' fra North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Den f\u00f8derale anklagemyndighed har anklaget en \"musiker\" fra North Carolina for at have orkestreret et omfattende svindelnummer til $10 millioner ved hj\u00e6lp af AI-genereret musik.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Smith, 52, blev anholdt onsdag og sigtet for bedrageri, sammensv\u00e6rgelse om bedrageri og sammensv\u00e6rgelse om hvidvaskning af penge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anklagemyndigheden h\u00e6vder, at Smith brugte AI-teknologi til at skabe hundredtusindvis af falske sange af ikke-eksisterende bands og derefter brugte bots til at streame disse numre millioner af gange p\u00e5 popul\u00e6re platforme som Spotify, Apple Music og Amazon Music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Gennem sit fr\u00e6kke svindelnummer stjal Smith millioner af kroner i royalties, som skulle have v\u00e6ret betalt til musikere, sangskrivere og andre rettighedshavere, hvis sange blev streamet lovligt\". <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpr.org\/2024-09-06\/musician-streaming-fraud-doj-spotify-apple-amazon-youtube-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sagde <span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\">US<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Advokat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Damian Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If\u00f8lge det uforseglede anklageskrift (et formelt juridisk dokument, der er blevet offentliggjort efter oprindeligt at v\u00e6re blevet holdt fortroligt) varede Smiths operation i syv \u00e5r. Den involverede oprettelse af tusindvis af falske streamingkonti ved hj\u00e6lp af k\u00f8bte e-mailadresser.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith skulle endda have udviklet software til at afspille sin AI-genererede musik p\u00e5 repeat fra adskillige computere og dermed efterligne individuelle lyttere fra forskellige steder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For at undg\u00e5 at blive opdaget distribuerede han angiveligt falsk streamingaktivitet p\u00e5 tv\u00e6rs af en r\u00e6kke falske sange og genererede omhyggeligt unikke navne til AI-skabte kunstnere og numre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nogle af disse sk\u00e6ve og absurde navne omfattede bands som \"Callous Post\" og \"Calorie Screams\" med sangtitler som \"Zygotic Washstands\" og \"Zymotechnical\". Gad vide, hvilken prompt han brugte til at generere dem?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ordningen viste sig at v\u00e6re s\u00e6rdeles lukrativ. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I en e-mail sendt tidligere i \u00e5r pralede Smith af at have n\u00e5et 4 milliarder streams og $12 millioner i royalties siden 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anklagemyndigheden h\u00e6vder, at Smith i juni 2019 tjente omkring $110.000 om m\u00e5neden og delte en del med unavngivne medsammensvorne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fra et AI-perspektiv er det uklart, pr\u00e6cis hvordan disse sange blev genereret med AI tilbage i 2019, da der ikke var s\u00e5 mange v\u00e6rkt\u00f8jer af h\u00f8j kvalitet til det dengang, som der er nu. I dag findes der v\u00e6rkt\u00f8jer som <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/da\/2024\/04\/udio-launches-and-may-be-the-best-ai-music-generator-yet\/\">Udio<\/a>Suno osv. ville sandsynligvis g\u00f8re et s\u00e5dant svindelnummer endnu lettere at udf\u00f8re.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vi b\u00f8r p\u00e5pege, at botting-ordninger har plaget streamingplatforme i \u00e5rtier, hvor kunstnere, selskaber og svindlere har fors\u00f8gt at snyde systemet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotify, Apple Music og andre platforme har l\u00e6nge v\u00e6ret\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Bek\u00e6mpelse af falske streams ved hj\u00e6lp af AI til at analysere og stoppe bot-aktivitet. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">AI-genereret musik er udbredt p\u00e5 Spotify, og man skulle tro, at platformen ville begynde at v\u00e6re mere opm\u00e6rksom p\u00e5 sin<\/span>\u00a0oprindelse og intentioner nu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det, der g\u00f8r Smiths sag bem\u00e6rkelsesv\u00e6rdig, er imidlertid kombinationen af storstilet botting med AI-genereret indhold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det var smart. Men lovens lange arm indhentede os i sidste ende.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Musik- og AI-brancherne er p\u00e5 kollisionskurs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>AI og de kreative industrier har stort set blandet sig som olie og vand. Selv om de ikke blandes naturligt, har deres kombination skabt en flygtig blanding fuld af potentiale og risici.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For bare f\u00e5 m\u00e5neder siden blev verdens tre st\u00f8rste pladeselskaber <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/da\/2024\/06\/worlds-biggest-music-labels-shock-the-ai-industry-with-landmark-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indgav f\u00f8derale s\u00f8gsm\u00e5l<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mod tekst-til-lyd-platformene Suno og Udio med p\u00e5stand om \"massekr\u00e6nkelse af ophavsretligt beskyttede lydoptagelser\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), som repr\u00e6senterer Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment og Warner Records, h\u00e6vder, at der er st\u00e6rke beviser for, at Suno og Udio brugte ophavsretligt beskyttet musik uden tilladelse til at tr\u00e6ne deres AI-modeller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e5 samme m\u00e5de vil der i april 2024 v\u00e6re over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/da\/2024\/04\/200-artists-warn-about-generative-meddling-in-music\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 fremtr\u00e6dende kunstnere<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, herunder Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj og Jon Bon Jovi, lovede at bek\u00e6mpe AI-musik.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI's integration i musikken opfattes ikke af alle som en trussel. Nogle ser det som en demokratiserende kraft, der g\u00f8r det muligt for producenter at eksperimentere med forskellige formater uden den menneskelige manipulation, der er involveret i traditionelle pladesigneringsprocesser. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hvordan vil musikere, der k\u00e6mper for at tjene penge p\u00e5 deres ofte gener\u00f8st talentfulde arbejde p\u00e5 streamingplatforme, have det med dette?<\/p>\n<p>At bruge AI til at manipulere med algoritmerne p\u00e5 platforme, der ofte kritiseres for at underbetale kunstnere, kan for nogle virke som en forbrydelse uden ofre. Men u\u00e6rlig manipulation af streamingtal har dybe konsekvenser.<\/p>\n<p>Mens mange kunstnere f\u00f8ler sig snydt af streamingplatforme, skader svigagtig praksis som den, der p\u00e5st\u00e5s i Smith-sagen, sandsynligvis hele musikkens \u00f8kosystem.<\/p>\n<p>De kan udvande legitime str\u00f8mme, sk\u00e6vvride opdagelsesalgoritmer, underminere tilliden og sandsynligvis g\u00f8re det sv\u00e6rere for \u00e6rlige kunstnere at f\u00e5 succes.<\/p>\n<p>Det er endnu en gr\u00e6nse, hvor kunstnere og platforme m\u00e5 k\u00e6mpe for at sikre et retf\u00e6rdigt og gennemsigtigt \u00f8kosystem. Kunstnere risikerer at sakke bagud.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Den f\u00f8derale anklagemyndighed har anklaget en 'musiker' fra North Carolina for at have orkestreret et omfattende svindelnummer til $10 millioner ved hj\u00e6lp af AI-genereret musik. Michael Smith, 52 \u00e5r, blev anholdt onsdag og sigtet for bedrageri, sammensv\u00e6rgelse om bedrageri og sammensv\u00e6rgelse om hvidvaskning af penge.  Anklagemyndigheden h\u00e6vder, at Smith brugte AI-teknologi til at skabe hundredtusindvis af falske sange af ikke-eksisterende bands og derefter brugte bots til at streame disse numre millioner af gange p\u00e5 popul\u00e6re platforme som Spotify, Apple Music og Amazon Music. \"Gennem sit fr\u00e6kke svindelnummer stjal Smith millioner af kroner i royalties, som skulle have v\u00e6ret betalt til musikere, sangskrivere og andre rettighedshavere, hvis sange<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-14122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethics","tag-ai-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FBI busts $10 million AI music streaming scam run by a North Carolina &#039;musician&#039; | DailyAI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/da\/2024\/09\/fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"da_DK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBI busts $10 million AI music streaming scam run by a North Carolina &#039;musician&#039; | DailyAI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Federal prosecutors have charged a North Carolina &#8216;musician&#8217; with orchestrating an elaborate $10 million fraud scheme using AI-generated music. 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